Belt-buckle



E N. HUMPHREY.

BELT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED IIAR. 28, I921.

1,331,122, PatentedJune 14, 1921 rare ERNEST 1\T. HUMPHREY,

O1 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

BELT-BUCKLE.

Application filed March 28, 1921'.

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ERNnsT N. HUMPHREY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Britain, Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Belt-Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and improved belt buckle, the object being to provide a simple and reliable construction which may be easily adjusted and which will grip the belt without injury thereto. These and other advantages will be apparent from a reading of the following description.

in the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of the buckle looked at from the rear, said buckle being open.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the parts as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the belt in place and the buckle closed.

Fig. l is a perspective view of the sev eral parts of the buckle detached.

1 represents the front plate of the buckle body having two corresponding rearwardly extending flanges at the upper and lower opposite edges thereof as indicated at 23 respectively, and forming a longitudinal channel or belt passage between them. at is a belt gripping plate extending longitudinally of the buckle body and operating as a belt gripping member. This plate 1 is pivoted to the flanges 23 at a point near one end of the plate 1. 5 is a lever having a cam shoulder 6 at one end. 7 is a pivot for the lever 5, which pivot secures the said lever to the opposite flanges 23 of the buckle body, said pivot being located back of the free end of the belt gripping plate l, as shown for example in Figs. 2 and 3.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1921.

Serial No. 456,079.

8 represents the belt, one end of which is secured to the lever 5 preferably by means of a clamping lever 9 of any suitable construction. The free end of the belt 8'n1ay be passed into the channel between the gripping plate 4t and the rear of the face plate 1, the belt being entered between these parts adjacent to the pivoted end ofthe plate l,

which space is sufiiciently greater than the thickness of the belt 8 to permit the belt end to be very easily introduced. When the belt end has been pushed entirely through and drawn up to the desired degree of tension, the lever 5 is swung from the position indicated in Fig. 2 to that indicated in Fig. 3, the camshoulder 6 operating against the free end of the clamping lever 4; so as to force the said lever into tight frictional contact with the belt as shown in Fig. 8. When the lever 5 is straightened out, thestrain of the belt end secured thereto holds it in the operative position as shown in Fig. 3. This adds to the security of the buckle.

I claim:

A belt buckle comprising an elongated front plate, two rearwardly directed flanges extending longitudinally of the same at the upper and lower edge thereof and forming a belt passage between them, a belt gripping plate pivoted at one end to said flanges near one end of the front plate and at the back of the belt passage, a lover having a cam shoulder coacting with the freeend of the grippingplate, said lever being pivoted to said flanges near the opposite end of the front'plate, and means for securing a belt to said lever whereby the strain of a belt thereon will hold the lever in the belt griping position.

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY. 

